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package nfse.gui.server;

/**
 * Defines a class used to generate links for IP addresses for display in the
 * web interface. Must be extended to implement the generateLink() method. See
 * DefaultIPLinkFactory for a concrete example class.
 * 
 * @author bduphoff
 * 
 */
public abstract class IPLinkFactory {

    public IPLinkFactory() {

    }

    public void init() {

    }

    public abstract String generateLink(String ip);

}
